Wendy Dannels collection on FIRST Robotics
Scope and Contents
The Wendy Dannels collection on FIRST Robotics contains items and documents collected by Dannels pertaining to the Rochester School for the Deaf's 2009-2010 FIRST Robotics competition team, RoboComm-X (Team 3162). Items include documents and ephemera dating from 2009-2010.
Dates
- Creation: 2009-2010
- Creation: Majority of material found within 2009 - 2010
Creator
- Dannels, Wendy (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Biographical / Historical
In 2009, Rochester School for the Deaf, in partnership with Bausch + Lomb, created its first and only FIRST Robotics team, RoboComm-X Team 3162. FIRST Robotics is an international high school robotics competition, during which teams of high school students and their mentors work for six weeks on a robot designed to complete simple tasks and play games. Co-led by Gary Behm (Director, Center for Access Technology, RIT), Wendy Dannels, and Joseph Stanislow (Instructional/Support Faculty, NTID), the team and their robot competed in the 2010 Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics Competition, held at RIT's Gordon Field House and Activities Center
Extent
3 Linear Feet (1 document box, 1 small box, 1 carton)
Language
English
Overview
The Wendy Dannels collection on FIRST Robotics contains items and documents collected by Dannels pertaining to the Rochester School for the Deaf's 2009-2010 FIRST Robotics competition team, RoboComm-X (Team 3162). Items include documents dating from 2009-2010 about the FIRST Robotics competition.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into two boxes. Box 1 contains documents pertaining to FIRST Robotics, organized into folders by topic and then chronologically. Box 2 contains small items (pins, cards, etc.) pertaining to FIRST Robotics.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
FIRST Robotics materials were donated by Wendy Dannels in 2017.
Processing Information
Finding aid created by Jess Andrews in June 2017.
Subject
- Deaf Women of Rochester (Organization)
- Rochester School for the Deaf (Organization)
- Title
- Wendy Dannels collection on First Robotics
- Status
- Published
- Subtitle
- Deaf Studies, Culture, and History Archives
- Author
- Jess Andrews
- Date
- 6 June 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- December 2021: Removed Sapphires Softball and other Deaf Athletics materials.
Repository Details
Part of the RIT Archives Repository